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Wednesday, 09 June 2021

Financial Times

• UK electric car motorway charging network sold to Hitachi ventureGridserve purchase from green energy group Ecotricity set to trigger tens of millions in infrastructure investment

Birmingham Post

• Haulier says it could employ 100 drivers but there's a shortage of driversWest Wales-based Owens Group is asking the Government for urgent assistance and says the shortage of HGV drivers in the UK is at a crisis point
• Ecotricity sells off UK electric car charging networkThe so-called Electric Highway was established in 2011 to enable electric vehicles to drive the length and breadth of Britain

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Government gears up for roll out of greener fuel with national awareness campaignFuel pumps up and down the country will look different this summer as a nationwide information campaign on the introduction of E10 petrol kicks off. Aimed at raising awareness of the greener fuel and how its rollout will help the UK to build back greener, the campaign – which will begin in mid-June – will be seen on fuel pump labels and in targeted digital, radio and social media advertising. As well as promoting the benefits of E10 – which is petrol blended with up to 10% renewable ethanol, making it greener than existing petrol – the campaign will encourage motorist...

New Civil Engineer

• Vicar pressures Highways England into U-turn on M62 environmental screeningHighways England has agreed to carry out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of its planned M62 upgrade, after pressure from a local vicar. The assessment was originally not going to be carried out under plans to convert a section of the M62 between Rochdale and Huddersfield into a smart motorway.